Gigapans

This is a famous location for finding fossils on the Dorset coast. Some really big and important finds were made in the late 1800s. The sea is constantly washing more of the cliff down onto the beach providing new opportunities for that once-in-a-lifetime find.
I had hoped to get the focus good enough for geologists...

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This is not one of the sharpest images ever. In fact some of it is really blurry because it was taken in a howling gale at x15 zoom (530mm, 35mm equivalent) - at one point my tripod (made from cast iron by the weight of it) blew over.
I've posted it for a couple of reasons. First, it is an amazing view and I hope th...

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This shot was inspired by Payam Rahmani's fantastic shot www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=9577. I can't hope to compete with Payam's shot, but when I was little boy, all sweet shops used to look like this. Sadly they are very few and far between these days, but they are unmistakeably part of my culture.
Thi...

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Many people know the Theatre Royal in Bath. Not many people know that there is an Old Theatre Royal too. It was in an area of town that became unfashionable and after the (new) Theatre Royal was built the old one closed and eventually became a Catholic church in 1805 (ish). Later the building was sold to the Freemasons...

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I know many of you join me in mourning following the sad disappearance of dear old Seven Thirty-Six (www.gigapan.org/gigapans/56765/). It is therefore with great pleasure that I am able to share with you this previously unreleased image of him relaxing with friends.
T-shirts and videos will be available for...

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This time with a 7D and Sigma 50-500 at about 400mm. The original is www.gigapan.org/gigapans/9802/
Having uploaded this shot I was going to say "Whilst taking this shot two hot air ballons were taking off, I saw five ballons in total, one UFO and two planes, and none of them are in this gigapan." but I got c...

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After a nice snooze - actually three hours solid sleep - on the hill after taking &quot;The English at Play I&quot; (tinyurl.com/laqq2m ) I repaired to the Anchor Inn for fish and chips (what else could one possibly think of ordering in such a place?) and much restored I went down on to the beach to take this sho...